Matthias Fornoff
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Matthias Fornoff (born August 28 1963 in Mainz)[1] is a German television journalist.
Early life
Fornoff studied history, Slavic studies and politics at University of Mainz, and recieved a master's degree from the Free University of Berlin.[1]
Fornoff has worked for the German broadcaster ZDF since 1992. In 1997, he received a Telestar award for his reporting on the 1997 Central European flood. He later served as ZDF's Washington, D.C. correspondent from 2007 to 2010.[2] Beginning in 2010, Fornoff served alongside Petra Gerster as a moderator of the German news show heute.[3] In 2014 he became the head of the ZDF's editorial department concerning politics and current affairs, also serving as a supervisor for election polling. [4] Fornoff also currently serves as a presenter on the ZDF show Politbarometer.
Personal life
Fornoff is married and has two children.[1]
Awards
- 1997: Telestar – for reporting on the 1997 Central European flood
Category:German television presenters
Category:German journalists
Category:German male journalists
Category:German reporters and correspondents
Category:German broadcast news analysts
Category:Living people
Category:1963 births
Category:People from Mainz
Category:ZDF people